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18/1/07

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Pgina 5

UNIT 2
Present continuous for future
1 Look at Alisons diary and complete the

dialogue. Use the correct form of the present

continuous of the verbs in brackets.

MONDAY

THURSDAY

dinner with Mary

7p.m.
TUESDAY

FRIDAY

dentist 5.30p.m.

WEDNESDAY

11
12

tennis 4-5p.m.

10

SATURDAY

Gala Dinner at the

Hilton Hotel

13

2 Choose the correct option.

1 She is singing/sings in a concert next
Wednesday night.
2 The football team are playing/play tomorrow
night.
3 She is telephoning/telephones her friend every
day.
4 Im not coming/dont come to school next
week.
5 Are you going/Do you go to the cinema
tonight?
6 Im going/go to the beach next summer.

visit aunt Helen

Comparative and superlative

adjectives
Peter:

Hello, Alison. What

are you ............

doing
............

(do) on Monday evening?

Alison: I 2 ............................................ (have) dinner
with Mary at 7 oclock. Why?
Peter:

Ive got two tickets for The Lord of the

Rings for this week.

Alison: I 3 ............................................ (not/do)

Peter:

form of the adjectives in brackets.

taller than the

1 The buildings in Chicago are ...................
buildings in London. (tall)
2 Football is .................................. than baseball.
(boring)
3 Maths is the .................................. lesson of the
week! (bad)

anything on Thursday. We can go then.

4 Chinese is .................................. than English for

Europeans. (difficult)

No, I cant. I 4 ............................................

5 The Simpsons is the .................................. cartoon

on TV. (funny)

(meet) some friends on Thursday. What

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about Saturday? ............................................

you ............................................ (do) anything
on Saturday?
Alison: I 6 ............................................ (visit) my aunt
Peter:

3 Complete the sentences with the correct

6 Driving a Porsche is .................................. than

cycling. (exciting)

4 Complete the sentences. Use the correct

form of the comparative or superlative.

the largest (large) mammal.

The blue whale is 1 ..........................

on Saturday. What about Friday?

A giraffe is 2 .................................. (tall) an elephant,

I 7 ............................................ (play) football

but an elephant has 3 .................................. (big) ears.

from 4 to 5 oclock, but we can go after

The ostrich is 4 .................................. (fast) animal

that.

on two legs, but a giraffe has 5 ..................................

Alison: Perfect! Ill phone you on Friday morning.

PHOTOCOPIABLE

Pearson Educacin, S.A., 2007

(long) legs!

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